anti-apartheid

adjective

an·​ti-apar·​theid ˌan-tē-ə-ˈpär-ˌtāt 

-ˌtīt,

ˌan-ˌtī-

: opposed to the former apartheid policy in the Republic of South Africa

anti-apartheid groups

Examples of anti-apartheid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Benton correctly notes, the sins of the grandfather are not the sins of the grandson; Musk’s father, for example, was a member of an anti-apartheid party in South Africa, and Ashlee Vance reported in his biography of Musk that the apartheid system was a primary reason Musk left South Africa. —Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025

The 1970s, amid mounting unrest and anti-apartheid protests such as the Soweto Uprising, are considered the artist’s most prolific period. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

Visitors also saw her figurative works on the themes of freedom and democracy, made in collaboration with the former South African statesman and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. —Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 June 2025

As a high school and college student in the 1970s, Ramaphosa took an active role in the anti-apartheid movement. —Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 23 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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